Ann
Eleanor 
Ann
Eleanor 
Background|
Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She was a good person who stood up for women's rights, children's rights and the rights of minorities, and the homeless.She was an influential newspaper columnist, and she also had a radio show. She used the money she made from writing and giving speeches to help the poor .She traveled all over the world visiting soldiers. She brought messages home to their families. She was liberal for her time and also controversial. She started press conferences for women. She played a major role in adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
Early
Years|
Eleanor was the niece of another president, Theodore Roosevelt. She had six children but one died. When she was born on October 11, 1884 she was a disappointment to her mother who wanted her to be a boy. Her father called her ''a miracle from heaven.'' Franklin Delano Roosevelt was Eleanor's distant cousin. FDR wanted to be just like his uncle, Theodore Roosevelt. When Eleanor was little, her parents died which caused her to move and live with her grandmother. FDR got polio in 1921, and it left him paralyzed, which persuaded Eleanor to become an activist. FDR's mother was a strong willed woman who picked which house they bought and what furniture would go in it and what would accessorize it. |
Late
Years|
When FDR died on April 12,1945 Eleanor moved out of the White House and was no longer a first lady, but she did not retire from her public life. The war ended a few months after. She worked to ensure peace and was a United States representative at the new United Nations. Eleanor died on November 7,1962. ''She was the most important and most loved woman of her time" a quote by president Harry Truman. |
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References|
Adler, David. A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt. New York: Holiday House, 1991. Cooney,Barbara. Eleanor.New York:Viking,1996 Ellwood, Eleanor. Learning About Integrity from the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt. New York: Powerkid Press, 1999. Faber, Doris. Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World. New York: Viking Kestrel, 1985. Schuman ,Michael A. Eleanor Rossevelt First Lady and Humanitarian. Springfield: Enslow Publishers, 1995. Weidt, Maryann. Stateswoman to the World. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1991. |